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<blockquote data-quote="adm" data-source="post: 135087" data-attributes="member: 26425"><p>Thanks for that.....I hadn't filled my prescription from yesterday, and I had my first appointment with the diabetic nurse this morning - so I asked her about free prescriptions and she confirmed it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>I went to the phamacists, and they filled my 2 prescriptions free of charge! They said that really I needed a "Medical Exemption Card", but that I could get that easily at the health centre during the week, and that as one of the prescriptions was for test strips, I was "obviously eligible".... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Saved £14 there! Nice result. </p><p></p><p>On the downside.....I had my first HbA1C result today. The test date was 15th April,which before they even told me I had T2.....and the result was 13.2 :shock: </p><p></p><p>Still....I went through my test readings with the Nurse, who was very impressed with my data and she said not to worry as I was obviously getting it under control and that we'd another HbA1c in 2 months which should be waaaaaay lower if my test results are anything to go by.</p><p></p><p>She didn't even give me a hard time about eating carbs when we discussed diet. I told her I was low carbing, she said I should still try to eat some low GI carbs. I showed her my test results from where I have tried doing that, and she just said "Fair enough......do whatever works for you. As you're testing you'll figure that out what you can and can't eat quickly enough"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adm, post: 135087, member: 26425"] Thanks for that.....I hadn't filled my prescription from yesterday, and I had my first appointment with the diabetic nurse this morning - so I asked her about free prescriptions and she confirmed it! :D I went to the phamacists, and they filled my 2 prescriptions free of charge! They said that really I needed a "Medical Exemption Card", but that I could get that easily at the health centre during the week, and that as one of the prescriptions was for test strips, I was "obviously eligible".... :D :D :D Saved £14 there! Nice result. On the downside.....I had my first HbA1C result today. The test date was 15th April,which before they even told me I had T2.....and the result was 13.2 :shock: Still....I went through my test readings with the Nurse, who was very impressed with my data and she said not to worry as I was obviously getting it under control and that we'd another HbA1c in 2 months which should be waaaaaay lower if my test results are anything to go by. She didn't even give me a hard time about eating carbs when we discussed diet. I told her I was low carbing, she said I should still try to eat some low GI carbs. I showed her my test results from where I have tried doing that, and she just said "Fair enough......do whatever works for you. As you're testing you'll figure that out what you can and can't eat quickly enough" [/QUOTE]
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